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Benedict Monteiro

I am passionate about the bioinformatic study of genomic data, and how this can be used to improve the understanding of biology and the treament of human disease.

Education

MSc Genomic Medicine

St George’s, University of London

London, UK

2021 - 2020

  • Will study modules covering the collection, analysis and applications of genomic data in medical contexts
  • Awarded academic scholarship.

BSc Biochemistry with French for Science

Imperial College London

London, UK

2020 - 2016

  • Predicted 1st. 69% average from years 1 and 2.
  • Advanced final year modules in Bioinformatics, Mechanisms of Gene Expression and Damage & Repair in Biological Systems
  • Research project dissertation: “Environmental stress provokes a transcriptomic call to arms in Legionella pneumophila
  • Cultural Dissertation in French on an aspect of the history of Paris, 10,000 words (74%)

Research Experience

Undergraduate Researcher

Costa Lab

Imperial College London

2020 - 2020

  • Analysed RNA-Seq differential expression data to outline the response of the bacteria L. pneumophila to sources of environmental stress
  • Discovered that the

Erasmus Research Placement

Zucman-Rossi Lab

Université de Paris, France

2019 - 2018

  • Worked independently on a bioinformatical analysis of mutational signatures in liver cancer WGS and WES data.
  • Identified new in vivo variants of cisplatin exposure-related mutational signatures, as well as new liver structural variant signatures.
  • Collaborated with bioinformaticians, biologists and clinicians on a large project studying the genomics of liver tumours, with a focus on cisplatin-induced damage in paediatric tumours.
  • Performed all analyses and designed the results figure for an upcoming publication on the genomic study of a rare type of liver cancer.
  • Updated the R package Palimpsest to include functions for the NMF extraction, plotting and further study of DBS and Indel mutational signatures.

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Data Journalist - Graphics Department

New York Times

New York, New York

2016 - 2016

  • Reporter with the graphics desk covering topics in science, politics, and sport.
  • Work primarily done in R, Javascript, and Adobe Illustrator.




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